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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

"It’s happening in Portland. It’s happened in L.A. It’s happening in D.C. ... To be frank with you, this isn’t about politics. This is genuinely about the future of our country. Do we believe in a constitutional republic, or do we think that it’s okay if this becomes the law of one?" trib.al/FA8Dioq

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1m

Trump has little to insulate him now. Vought is not some temporary White House employee who’s dabbling in the art of sabotaging the government before he returns to his “job” as the world’s richest man.

According to the president himself, he is the Grim Reaper personified. trib.al/gB4mfCg

Russ Vought Is Going to Damage Trump Even More Than Elon Musk Did

Americans, and even many Republicans in Congress, don’t like it when an unelected bureaucrat makes huge cuts to the government.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 42m

SCOTUS has announced it will review a Hawaii law that forbids gun owners from bringing firearms on private property without the property owner’s explicit permission.

If it falls, the court could make it harder for states and cities to keep guns out of everyday life. trib.al/lrF0Sqm

The Supreme Court Could Make It Easier to Bring a Gun Everywhere

The justices just took up a challenge to a Hawaii law that bars people from carrying guns on private property against the owner’s wishes.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1h

Her notes for the Senate Judiciary Committee had nothing to do with leading the DOJ, or even the embattled border czar. Rather, Bondi had collected screenshots of social media posts, prewritten comebacks, and handwritten notes she hoped could give her a good “gotcha” moment.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2h

The House speaker claims this has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Then why delay the swearing in of Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who handily won a special election in Arizona *two weeks* ago?

He can easily prove it. trib.al/pEfcNkA

Mike Johnson Struggles to Explain Delay in Swearing In Democratic Rep

The House speaker claims the delay in swearing in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. He can easily prove it.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2h

A federal judge in Illinois has ordered the Trump administration to stop beating, shooting at, and generally using violence against journalists and peaceful protesters. trib.al/f55haZg

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3h

"When subsidies disappear, and a lot of these people find that their health insurance is suddenly unaffordable, you’re not going to have very many of them saying, 'It’s OK, because at least we’ve kept those illegal aliens from going to the emergency room.' They’re going to scream bloody murder."

Transcript: Marjorie Taylor Greene Tirade Wrecks Trump Shutdown Stance

As Greene admits the GOP is screwing the country on health care, a leading congressional scholar explains how Greene accidentally revealed the surprising weakness of Trump’s position in the shutdown standoff.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4h

Reverend David Black, the senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying at the armed agents above him before being shot in the head with a pepper ball at least twice and falling to his knees.

Black said he could hear ICE laughing. trib.al/9Nstfnp

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4h

According the victim's attorney, body camera footage showed the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good.”
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 5h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/Autz5f8

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 6h

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/e8Tnv6T

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 6h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 7h

“I’m going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district." trib.al/zTN18Tp

MTG Turns Against Republicans in Shocking Flip on Government Shutdown

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks Democrats have a point on the Obamacare fight at the center of the government shutdown.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h

For weeks, anti-immigration agents have tossed smoke bombs at people in cars, shot so-called “less lethal” weapons like rubber bullets and pepper balls, and deployed a staggering amount of tear gas, sometimes unleashing it almost casually into streets crowded with passersby. trib.al/hvYuXLw

Trump Is Waging War on an American City

The real threat to people in Chicago (and Los Angeles and Portland) is our maniacal president.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h

President Trump called Portland a war zone last week, and now state Republicans are trying to deliver one—by sharing a photo of “South American riot police” in 2008 from Getty Images. trib.al/UoWffPr

Republicans Caught Using Fake Image to Lie for Trump About Portland

The Oregon Republican Party used images of riots in South America.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h

The U.S. president shared a video from Putin: "There have been cases where the committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to people who have done nothing for peace,” Putin said, according to the AP’s translation. “[Trump’s] really doing a lot to resolve such complex crises." trib.al/Z5v8yOt

Trump’s Posting Spree Shows He’s Losing It Over Nobel Peace Prize

Donald Trump shared two posts that managed to make the prize all about him.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 10h

Halligan is a deeply unqualified pawn whose only mission is to head these obviously politicized legal attacks on people Trump doesn’t like. She had literally never prosecuted anyone before Comey. trib.al/waFlZqQ

Trump Attorney Makes Embarrassing Error in Letitia James Indictment

Lindsey Halligan is out of her depth, but she’s carrying out Trump’s revenge crusade anyway.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

Speaking with Fox Business Friday morning, Rep. Buddy Carter said that (instead of working to end the government shutdown) he and his colleagues were going to file a resolution “today” to honor the president with the Nobel Prize. trib.al/Kh8Xqij

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

It’s easy to cast Trump as antidemocratic and hostile to the rule of law. It’s harder to take on institutions and people such as Weiss who invoke ideas like the “free press” while actually advancing a right-wing agenda.

That's why this kind of conservatism is so dangerous. trib.al/VosixvW

MAGA Lite: What “Bari Weiss Conservatism” Is, and Why It’s Dangerous

The new CBS executive isn’t exactly MAGA. But her polite Trumpism will still help destroy America as we know it.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h

A draft White House memo, reported by Axios, reinterprets the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, or GEFTA, to stiff federal workers on furlough amid the longest shutdown in U.S. history. trib.al/nfzTyMJ

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h

A Justice Department memo found that a key witness in the Trump-ordered prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey will actually undermine the entire case.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 13h

The Pentagon has to provide The New York Times information about Elon Musk’s security clearances, a federal judge ruled Wednesday—and the billionaire’s own posting habits helped decide the case. trib.al/OSpdFXt

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15h

The United States is in the midst of a “cold civil war.” For liberals to win it, they must use “hardball” tactics—including borrowing from the Republicans’ own playbook.
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Newsom and Pritzker Are Showing How to Attack an Authoritarian Crook

Arkadi Gerney, a Democratic strategist, says Democratic governors and attorneys general have the greatest ability to stop Trump—and they’re doing it in ways that are underappreciated.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16h

Trump has little to insulate him now. Vought is not some temporary White House employee who’s dabbling in the art of sabotaging the government before he returns to his “job” as the world’s richest man.

According to the president himself, he is the Grim Reaper personified. trib.al/BATmAm5

Russ Vought Is Going to Damage Trump Even More Than Elon Musk Did

Americans, and even many Republicans in Congress, don’t like it when an unelected bureaucrat makes huge cuts to the government.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 23h

Administration officials pile lie upon lie upon lie. When a president and his aides are doing that, it’s no longer America.

When masked government thugs take potshots at a priest, it’s no longer America.

State-sponsored mayhem starts at the top. trib.al/kEhMBeh

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 23h

Schiff implored members of the committee to “demand answers to those questions” and to refuse “personal slander as an answer to those questions.” Bondi in turn said Schiff should apologize for “slandering” Trump.
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Schiff Lists Every Question Pam Bondi Ignored as She Melts Down

Senator Adam Schiff went toe to toe with Trump’s attorney general in a Senate hearing.